Improvement in fence-posts



J. A. OTIS.

Improvement in Fence-Posts.

N0. 114,189. PatentedApril25,187l.

(that $111M ,J OEL A. OTIS, OF'WATERTOWN, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 114,189, dated April 25, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCE-POSTS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOEL A. OTIS, ofWatertowu, in the county of Jefferson and State ofNew York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvementin Fence- Posts, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being badto the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, and inwhich-'- Figure 1 represents an elevation, from its one side, of afence-post constructed in accordance with my improvement;

Figure 2, a similar view from the opposite side of the same; and

Figure 3, ah edge view thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention consists in a feuce-post'i'n which the lower brace isarranged on one and the same side with the uprights and with two obliquebraces, the one of which extends from the one end of the lower brace tothe under side of the upper brace, at its one end, and the other ofwhich extends from the opposite end of the lower brace to the otheroblique brace, at a point intermediate of its height, in combinationwith two supplementary upper braces, arranged the one below the other onthe same side as the bottom brace, and on the opposite side to that onwhich the top brace lies, said supplementary upper braces being arrangedto occupy reverse oblique positions, and so that they vtie the uprightsin opposite directions.

, By this construction I produce a fence-post that efiectually transferssupport of the upper brace and also a generally substantial character isgiven to the whole structure.

.Referring to the accompanying drawing- A represents the lower brace ofmy improved fencepost, and B B its uprights, which,as well as the twomain oblique braces D D, are arranged on one and the same side of thelower brace. The'oue, D, of these oblique braces extends from the oneend of the lower brace to the under side of the upper brace, at its oneend, crossing the two uprights, and the other, D, of said oblique bracesextends from the opposite end of the lower brace to a point intermediateof the height of the other oblique brace.

The upper brace E is arranged on the opposite side of the uprights tothat on which the lower brace'A lies.

F F are reversely-disposcd supplementary upper braces on the same sideof the uprights as the lower brace A. These supplementary braces arearranged to run in opposite oblique directions, the one below orsupporting theother, and so as to tie the uprights in reversedirections, commencing at the top of the post.

The several parts thus arranged are securely nailed or otherwisefastened, the one upon the other, at their respective places of junctionor where they cross each other, making of the whole a most substantialstructure.

What is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, isvThe combination and arrangement, relatively with each other, of thesupplementary oblique braces F F, the main oblique braces D D, theuprights B B, the

lower brace A, and upper brace E, substantially as shown and described.

JOEL A. OTIS.

Witnesses:

J 01111 L. PARRISH, E. A. DEXTER.

